The Black Ball

only a visual spectacle of memories and people lost in time, but it also a tragic poetry about heartbreak, unlived desires, regrets, fear, freedom and identity. Throughout the film we see three periods, and three characters three periods—1932, 1937, and 2017—through characters Sebastián , Rafael Rodríguez Rapún, and Alberto, all three connected by experiences marked by desire, freedom and identity, and one thing that binds them together is the play "La Bola Negra" written by Federico García Lorca. Now to really understand the nuances of this film, we need to understand the history of this country, the importance of preserving the art and literature, the suffering of the people during the darkest times and the desires of those who were silenced. The film is set in the backdrop of the Spanish civil war between fascists and republicans, this war is the villain of thousands of lovers who went into hiding, masked with different identities, and suppressed their feelings. This is the story of those people, who are remembered by the history either by names or numbers, but not by their lives, suffering and longing for love. This film is a memoir of history that was lost, history of those who bear the weight of fear and shame imposed by society, and the strong need to reclaim those queer histories that have remained silenced for too long. About the lives of people who never lived and missed out. It's about the history of those love stories buried in war fields, and this film scratches the earth to unearth them and display a sight of lifetime, which is so memorable and devastating to witness. I really loved the dialogues, poetry and music which accompany the story about memory, identity and freedom, but also to remember all that , which could not be said in time. There is one sequence at the end with the music "La Nieve" playing in the background, if that scene doesn't make you cry, then I don't know what will. This film is the biggest triumph of lifetime storytelling because it accomplishes something rarely achieved in cinema. It unearthed the lives and memories of people who were silenced and forgotten just by transforming four unfinished pages of play into an expansive, multi-generational epic that connects historical tragedy with universal emotional truth about longing for love, desires and identity, it bridges the lost timeline with current one and makes us experience something so heartbreaking and hauntingly beautiful story of humans.